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    I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.

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    [–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    True I just moved my gaming PC to Linux and wow!! Almost all of my games run on Linux. Thank you for everyone working so hard.

    [–] the1bobcat@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    This is the main reason, other than gog's lack of support, for not going full Linux.

    [–] julianh@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    You can use a launcher like Heroic to play games you have on gog or epic.

    [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    Also Lutris. I haven't actually tried Heroic so I don't know how they compare, but Lutris is a pretty good launcher.

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I buy mostly GOG games (like 90%) and with Heroic it's quite easy.

    [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    But it's not as good as simply using steam

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

    Nope, not yet. But it's getting there. And at least for me it's worth it.

    [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Also thank Valve and buy a Valve game.

    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Or a Steam Deck. :)

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

    Honestly, if you have the extra money, buy it. It's just a great device.